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What a monumental project! This is going to be amazing. Thank you for your hard work CSchmidlapp!
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Cheers Lee. I really like working on projects like this, I will post more updates when I start the project properly.
Im just waiting for delivery on the 'ultimate' box set, so Ill have every bit of official released material for the films. Disc 6 of the set is the latest piece produced for the films, which contains a Documentary that will almost certainly contain clips from TDK. It also has the (almost) full IMAX sequences from the 3 films.
Im thinking they probably will not have the bizzare tinkering apparant in TDK.
The problems only seem to apply to the Main feature of the BD, as the Bonus materials looks great.
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So ive recieved the 'Ultimate' box set and the IMAX sequences on disc 6 are the same colour grading as the blu ray.
On some of the later TV spots for TDK, the colour grading is more in tune with the BLU as well. Maybe besides the other problems with the transfer, the colour grading is infact correct on the BLU? I certainly prefer the advertising materials look, but it might not be the final finished grade approved by Mr Nolan.
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Think also that sometimes "director approved" means nothing... indeed, there were many version of the same movie promoted as such, each with a different color grading... so, which is the "right" one?!?
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(This post was last modified: 2015-02-07, 05:21 PM by CSchmidlapp.)
From my understanding, promotional material is sent out for use most of the time while the film is still in production. These clips from a Assemble edit will be raw and probably have a blanket colour grade or one done by the marketing team.
After picture lock, the final grading will begin. If the deadline is tight, it is common that the film can be completed very close to release. (this was the case with the movie 'The Rock' with theatrical prints still being 'wet' from print when arriving at cinemas).
The 35mm stills in the OP are interesting. Is there a 'bootleg' CAM from back in the day floating around that would have been a capture of a 35mm showing?
I don't condone such things, but outside of a 35mm showing somewhere, it maybe our only way of getting to the bottom of it.
